"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
Column by Chaos2651
Discuss it in our forums.
Subject / Started by | Replies / Views | Last post | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
5 Replies
28512 Views |
September 15, 2008, 04:33:46 AM by Miyabi |
|||
0 Replies
9109 Views |
August 21, 2008, 12:42:43 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
Is this guy releated to H.G. WELLS?
Started by UtopiaGreen01 |
2 Replies
7368 Views |
August 21, 2008, 05:17:16 AM by Peter Ahlstrom |
||
The Whitney Awards
Started by House of Mustard « 1 2 » |
15 Replies
20903 Views |
October 23, 2007, 11:13:05 PM by House of Mustard |
||
Goodies and the Last Signing
Started by House of Mustard |
6 Replies
11232 Views |
September 07, 2006, 09:20:48 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
||
Deseret Book vs. Seagull Book
Started by House of Mustard « 1 2 3 » |
40 Replies
26856 Views |
August 29, 2006, 08:29:40 PM by Peter Ahlstrom |
||
Another review
Started by House of Mustard |
6 Replies
9599 Views |
August 29, 2006, 07:57:24 PM by Chimera |
||
Meridian Magazine Review:
Started by House of Mustard |
3 Replies
8344 Views |
August 17, 2006, 08:11:47 PM by Fellfrosch |
||
The Counterfeit
Started by House of Mustard « 1 2 » |
18 Replies
15247 Views |
August 04, 2006, 10:17:37 PM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
||
8 Replies
8961 Views |
August 01, 2006, 07:52:45 PM by House of Mustard |
|||
Signing Schedule
Started by House of Mustard |
4 Replies
6574 Views |
July 20, 2006, 05:13:36 PM by Spriggan |
||
Release Party
Started by House of Mustard |
2 Replies
6017 Views |
July 05, 2006, 01:06:05 PM by Fellfrosch |
||
Links
Started by House of Mustard |
5 Replies
6873 Views |
May 03, 2006, 03:07:18 PM by FirstMateJack |
||
The Counterfeit has a cover
Started by House of Mustard |
13 Replies
9567 Views |
April 11, 2006, 08:25:44 PM by Archon |
||
229 Replies
49708 Views |
April 03, 2006, 04:54:42 PM by Fellfrosch |
|||
2 Replies
6512 Views |
April 03, 2006, 12:05:30 PM by House of Mustard |
|||
LDS Storymakers
Started by House of Mustard |
13 Replies
10307 Views |
March 28, 2006, 01:29:52 PM by Eric James Stone |
||
29 Replies
15525 Views |
March 08, 2006, 09:22:53 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
AML Recap of 2005 LDS Fiction
Started by House of Mustard |
12 Replies
10081 Views |
March 03, 2006, 01:21:06 PM by The Bot |
||
Big Fan
Started by Fellfrosch |
3 Replies
5880 Views |
February 14, 2006, 02:16:25 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll